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WASHING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EPHRAIM HERRINGTON, OF MOUNT VERNON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO M. M. BUSH,OF TOWNS, GEORGIA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 386,539, dated July 24,1888.

Application filed September 14, 1887. Serial No. 249,700.

To all 2072 0721 it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EPHRAIM HERRINGTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Vernon, in the county of Montgomery and State ofGeorgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVashing-Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The special object of the invention is to improve that class ofwashingmachines in which two reciprocating rubbers are employed.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a plan view with certain parts removed; Fig.2, a longitudinal vertical section; Fig. 3, an end elevation designed toshow the treadle mechanism by which the upper rubber is elevated.

In the drawings, A represents the tub, over which the rubbersreciprocate, and into which the dirty water is received.

B is the fresh-watersupply tub, from which water is taken up in thebucket C and the lever 0, pivoted at c, tilted until the water is pouredinto the hopper D. The lever Obe- 3o ing hollow, open at its free end,and communicating at the other with the bucket G, the water in thelatter flows from the bucket through the lever and into the hopper D assoon as the bucket-arm of the lever is raised above a horizontal plane.From thence the water descends into the reservoir E, having the bottomhole, 6, through which it passes to the rollers F and the intermediateclothes, finally reaching the tub or receptacle A.

G is a valve which works in the hole or seat 6, both beingcorrespondingly beveled, and g is a valverod threaded to work in acorrespondingly-threaded cross-bar, II. By turning the rod 9 the valvemay be set atdifferent distances from its seat, so as to feed the waterin greater or less volume upon the clothes. The weight of waterregulates the pressure upon the clothes.

(Model) I I are the roller-frames of the upper and lower rubbers, toeach of which is attached a rod, J; but I preferably use two rods, J J,on the lower rubber, which reciprocate on the outside of the posts K K,while the rod J of the upper rubber reciprocates betweenfrietion-rollers L L on said posts. The rodsJ J of the lower rubber restupon and are supported upon the friction-rolls M. By this means allunnecessary friction is avoided.

The rods J J of the lower rubber are pivoted at their outer ends upontwo corresponding cranks, an, of the crank-handled shaft N,while the rodJ of the upper rubber is pivoted upon a diametrically-opposite crank,it, so that the rubbers may be caused to always move in oppositedirections.

0 is a rope having one end attached to the top of the upper rubber-frameand then carried over the pulleys 0 0' 0' 0 to a treadle, P, fulcrumedat 19. By this device a pressure of the foot upon the treadle lifts theupper rubber, so that the clothes may be conveniently laid upon thelower rubber. One end of a garment is caught in the spring-clamp Q andthe other in the spring-clamp Q, so as to hold it between the rubbers,as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

Having thus described all that is necessary to a full understanding ofmy invention, what I claim as new, and desire to protect by LettersPatent, is

1. The combination, with the upper and lower rollers on awashing-machine and the roller-frames, of the two clamps Q Q, onearranged upon each end of the upper rollerframe, whereby the clothes maybe held between the rubbers, as described.

2. In a washing-machine, the combination, with the rollers,roller-frames, and superposed water-reservoir E, of the water-supplytank B and the lever carrying at one end the bucket (J, as and for thepurpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' EPHRAIM HERRINGTON.

WVitnesses:

A. R'UPPERT, THOMAS P. SrMPsoN.

